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Algernon P. Thompson 153ford Street.5 He died suddenly on July 3, 1871,56 aged fifty-three,and on the following day his body was buried after funeralservices conducted by the Reverend J. Querat.7 His grave is lost.On July 31, the district court adjourned in his memory, and onthe following day the Houston bar submitted to the court reso-lutions on his death.58Immediately after his death, Thompson's family removed fromHouston. His son, Edgar W. Thompson, died in Brazos Countyin 1875.951Houston Union, April 21, 1869.6oHouston Daily Telegraph, July 4, 1871.7Liber Defunctorum. In the entry recording his burial, his name is given as"Judge A. M. Thompson" and his age as about fifty-five.8sMinutes of the 11th District Court, O, 246.59W. P. A., Index to Probate Cases of Texas, No. 2zr,Brazos County, April 26, 184z-March z, x939 (San Antonio, 1941), 41.